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Fantasized lately? Pretended you were a secret agent man — or leader of the underworld — or American businessman in a foreign country sharing katsu with a geisha? Living out fantasies, according to Dr. Suess, forms the cornerstone of existence. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells,” he wrote.
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Fantasized lately? Pretended you were a secret agent man — or leader of the underworld — or American businessman in a foreign country sharing katsu with a geisha? Living out fantasies, according to Dr. Suess, forms the cornerstone of existence. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells,” he wrote.
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My first experience judging a food contest at the Puyallup Fair left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Innocently, or rather stupidly, in 2004 I agreed to judge the parent-child gingerbread house contest. I received a free ticket into the Fair, a parking pass, a nametag and enough angst
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My first experience judging a food contest at the Puyallup Fair left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Innocently, or rather stupidly, in 2004 I agreed to judge the parent-child gingerbread house contest. I received a free ticket into the Fair, a parking pass, a nametag and enough angst
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Spiritualists tell us that the emotions and words we attach to food determine in many ways the effects they reap on our bodies. It’s not “you are what you eat,” but rather, “you are the names you call your food.” Case in point. On your drive home tonight you hit a
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Spiritualists tell us that the emotions and words we attach to food determine in many ways the effects they reap on our bodies. It’s not “you are what you eat,” but rather, “you are the names you call your food.” Case in point. On your drive home tonight you hit a
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Last spring, in a state of psychosis, I e-mailed everyone in my address book and asked each person to send me his or her top recommendation for the best sandwich in the South Sound. I told them I would eat every suggestion and then pick the best 21 on the
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Last spring, in a state of psychosis, I e-mailed everyone in my address book and asked each person to send me his or her top recommendation for the best sandwich in the South Sound. I told them I would eat every suggestion and then pick the best 21 on the
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“Closest to the bone Sweeter is the meat Last slice of Virginia ham Is the best that you can eat Don’t talk about my baby She’s slender but she’s sweet Closest to the bone And sweeter is the meat.” — Louis Jones If you think about it, seduction and meat go hand in hand (pardon the pun). As described
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“Closest to the bone Sweeter is the meat Last slice of Virginia ham Is the best that you can eat Don’t talk about my baby She’s slender but she’s sweet Closest to the bone And sweeter is the meat.” — Louis Jones If you think about it, seduction and meat go hand in hand (pardon the pun). As described
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Developing topics on Korean food, I recently sent out e-mails to local organizations and people I thought could help me with their insights. Imagine my surprise when Sunnie at the Olympus Spa in Lakewood returned my message inviting me to meet with her chef, Hyekgoung Simpkins. The Olympus spa is
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Developing topics on Korean food, I recently sent out e-mails to local organizations and people I thought could help me with their insights. Imagine my surprise when Sunnie at the Olympus Spa in Lakewood returned my message inviting me to meet with her chef, Hyekgoung Simpkins. The Olympus spa is
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A theme arises when talking to chefs about how they originally felt drawn to cooking. Many credit their love of food and craft not to a favorite restaurant experience or a celebrity chef but instead to good ol’ mom. Namely, warm memories of sitting, playing, and helping in the kitchen
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A theme arises when talking to chefs about how they originally felt drawn to cooking. Many credit their love of food and craft not to a favorite restaurant experience or a celebrity chef but instead to good ol’ mom. Namely, warm memories of sitting, playing, and helping in the kitchen
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Chef Gordon Naccarato recently received a complaint from a diner frustrated with Naccarato’s potato pancake. “(The customer) grumbled that it was like a McDonald’s hash brown,” Naccarato, chef and owner of Tacoma’s Pacific Grill, says. No sooner did Naccarato finish the statement then a smile spread across his
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Chef Gordon Naccarato recently received a complaint from a diner frustrated with Naccarato’s potato pancake. “(The customer) grumbled that it was like a McDonald’s hash brown,” Naccarato, chef and owner of Tacoma’s Pacific Grill, says. No sooner did Naccarato finish the statement then a smile spread across his
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In these days of economic woe, one breakfast meat stands ready to feed America on the cheap: Spam. As reported in May, Spam sales have risen above the laughter as folks stretched to their budgetary limits turn to the pig in a can (at least I think that’s what it is)
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In these days of economic woe, one breakfast meat stands ready to feed America on the cheap: Spam. As reported in May, Spam sales have risen above the laughter as folks stretched to their budgetary limits turn to the pig in a can (at least I think that’s what it is)
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“The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.” (Hosea 9:7, The Bible, American Standard Version). At the time
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“The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.” (Hosea 9:7, The Bible, American Standard Version). At the time
